Apparatus and methods for accommodating a display in an electronic device

• US 9,622,365 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2013
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Allore, Joseph L., Fliszar, David G., Wojack, Jason P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Arendt, Paisley L
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAU, EDMOND C
• Application Number:
  US13/893,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/06 Hermetically-sealed casings specially adapted for small components H05K5/0095

Abstract

An electronic device (100) includes a housing member (103) and a display layer (512). The display includes two substrate layers (404,405) sealed together at a seam (408) disposed along a periphery (602) of each substrate layer. A compression gasket (604) is disposed between the housing member and the display, the compression gasket being disposed against the display interior to the seam. A second compression gasket (995) can be disposed interior to the compression gasket to provide a dampening function.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing member;

a display comprising two substrate layers sealed together at a seam disposed along a periphery of each substrate layer;

a first compression gasket disposed between the housing member and the display, the first compression gasket being disposed against the display interior to the seam; and

a second compression gasket disposed against the display and interior to the first compression gasket, the second compression gasket being thinner than the first compression gasket, the first compression gasket lying in a plane parallel to the display and the second compression gasket also lying in the plane parallel to the display, and a majority of the second compression gasket lying in the same plane as the first compression gasket.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a second housing member disposed opposite the display from the first compression gasket and the housing member.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, the housing member and the second housing member coupled together to preload the first compression gasket against the display.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, further comprising a fascia layer disposed between the second housing member and the display.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, the first compression gasket disposed interior to the seam by at least two millimeters.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, the first compression gasket having a width of between about five and about six millimeters.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, the second compression gasket half as thick as the first compression gasket.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, the second compression gasket wider than the first compression gasket in a direction parallel with the display.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, the display comprising an organic light emitting display.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, the seam comprising a fused frit seam.

11. The electronic device of claim 2, the housing member and the second housing member coupled together such that the second compression gasket preloads the display against the housing member at a force less than that of the first compression gasket.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing member;

a display comprising two substrate layers sealed by a seam along a periphery of the display;

a first compression gasket disposed between the housing member and the display, the first compression gasket extending along a surface of the display from the periphery interior to the seam; and

a second compression gasket disposed against the display and interior to the first compression gasket, the second compression gasket being thinner than the first compression gasket, the first compression gasket lying in a plane parallel to the display and the second compression gasket also lying in the plane parallel to the display, and a majority of the second compression gasket lying in the same plane as the first compression gasket.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, the first compression gasket extending at least two millimeters interior to the seam.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the second compression gasket is wider than the first compression gasket in a direction parallel with the display.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, the seam comprising a fused weld.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, further comprising a second housing member disposed opposite the display from the first compression gasket and the housing member, the housing member and the second housing member coupled together to preload the first compression gasket against the display.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, the housing member and the second housing member coupled together such that the second compression gasket preloads the display against the housing member at a force less than that of the first compression gasket.

18. An electronic device, comprising:

a first housing element and a second housing element;

a display comprising two substrates joined by a seam formed at a periphery of the display;

a first compression gasket biased against a surface of the display interior to the seam by the first housing element to preload the display against the second housing element; and

a second compression gasket disposed against the display and interior to the first compression gasket, the second compression gasket being thinner than the first compression gasket, the first compression gasket lying in a plane parallel to the display and the second compression gasket also lying in the plane parallel to the display, and a majority of the second compression gasket lying in the same plane as the first compression gasket.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, the first compression gasket further biased against the surface of the display beneath the seam.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the second compression gasket preloads the display against the second housing element at a force less than that of the first compression gasket.